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Post by JetBidi on Feb 17, 2017 0:12:19 GMT -5
LinkGuess there were no unemployed Americans around to fill these jobs. What happened to America first? 
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Post by Gunnails on Feb 17, 2017 0:36:10 GMT -5
When I was a Freshman in HS I recall that they cut the school year short by 5 days cause we had an early spring and the strawberries needed picking, the students as young as 8 year olds were the pickers.
80 cents a flat, most could do close to 15 or 16 flats a day, the really ambitious would do 30 or more.Then later we would help with the raspberries, cukes and beans. This was how we earned our money for school clothes, football cleats, maybe a few trips to the movies and a few albums. The rest was provided for.
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Post by Big L on Feb 17, 2017 5:29:31 GMT -5
Unemployment rate is what, 45%?
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Post by DDNYjets on Feb 17, 2017 7:36:50 GMT -5
From the article:
Basically more Buzzfeed clickbait.
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Post by BushytheLobster on Feb 17, 2017 8:06:29 GMT -5
When I was a Freshman in HS I recall that they cut the school year short by 5 days cause we had an early spring and the strawberries needed picking, the students as young as 8 year olds were the pickers. 80 cents a flat, most could do close to 15 or 16 flats a day, the really ambitious would do 30 or more.Then later we would help with the raspberries, cukes and beans. This was how we earned our money for school clothes, football cleats, maybe a few trips to the movies and a few albums. The rest was provided for. Did you have an aunt Bea and go to school with Gomer and Goober? |
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Post by Trades on Feb 17, 2017 9:25:26 GMT -5
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Feb 17, 2017 9:41:54 GMT -5
LinkGuess there were no unemployed Americans around to fill these jobs.What happened to America first? With the H-2A Visa program, thats supposed to be one of the requirements... |
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Post by Ff2 on Feb 17, 2017 9:57:11 GMT -5
I'm wondering what makes an American "qualified" to pick grapes?
Tell me this isn't Trump in a nutshell:
In March 2016 Donald Trump stated publicly that he owned "the largest winery on the east coast" at a time when the winery's website asserted that it was owned by Eric Trump Wineries LLC and despite previous reports that Trump had given the winery to his son. According to Politifact, Trump Winery is not the largest on the East Coast regardless.
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Post by DDNYjets on Feb 17, 2017 11:05:53 GMT -5
I'm wondering what makes an American "qualified" to pick grapes? Tell me this isn't Trump in a nutshell: In March 2016 Donald Trump stated publicly that he owned "the largest winery on the east coast" at a time when the winery's website asserted that it was owned by Eric Trump Wineries LLC and despite previous reports that Trump had given the winery to his son. According to Politifact, Trump Winery is not the largest on the East Coast regardless. Trump is no stranger to hyperbole but Politifact isnt worth the bandwidth you use on them either. They do a lot of cherry-picking contradicting themselves. How would one quantify the "largest" winery anyway? Bottles produced? Number of vines? Number of barrels? Acreage? Revenue? Number of Employees? Number of distributors? You can probably end up with many "largest" depending on criteria. |
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Post by Ff2 on Feb 17, 2017 11:17:06 GMT -5
I'm wondering what makes an American "qualified" to pick grapes? Tell me this isn't Trump in a nutshell: In March 2016 Donald Trump stated publicly that he owned "the largest winery on the east coast" at a time when the winery's website asserted that it was owned by Eric Trump Wineries LLC and despite previous reports that Trump had given the winery to his son. According to Politifact, Trump Winery is not the largest on the East Coast regardless. Trump is no stranger to hyperbole but Politifact isnt worth the bandwidth you use on them either. They do a lot of cherry-picking contradicting themselves. How would one quantify the "largest" winery anyway? Bottles produced? Number of vines? Number of barrels? Acreage? Revenue? Number of Employees? Number of distributors? You can probably end up with many "largest" depending on criteria. Yes I'm sure Donald looked it all those very carefully before making his statement. |
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Post by southparkcpa on Feb 17, 2017 12:32:04 GMT -5
Trump is no stranger to hyperbole but Politifact isnt worth the bandwidth you use on them either. They do a lot of cherry-picking contradicting themselves. How would one quantify the "largest" winery anyway? Bottles produced? Number of vines? Number of barrels? Acreage? Revenue? Number of Employees? Number of distributors? You can probably end up with many "largest" depending on criteria. Yes I'm sure Donald looked it all those very carefully before making his statement. I hear that Hillary owns a condom factory in Thailand. The workers get lots of big tips. |
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Feb 17, 2017 14:50:21 GMT -5
I'm wondering what makes an American "qualified" to pick grapes? Tell me this isn't Trump in a nutshell: In March 2016 Donald Trump stated publicly that he owned "the largest winery on the east coast" at a time when the winery's website asserted that it was owned by Eric Trump Wineries LLC and despite previous reports that Trump had given the winery to his son. According to Politifact, Trump Winery is not the largest on the East Coast regardless. The qualifications are real low, but do you see a whole lot of Americans lining up to pick grapes? Hence the "want the jobs part". |
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Post by bxjetfan on Feb 18, 2017 13:24:43 GMT -5
It takes a ton of people to bottle all those tears.
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